minute
minute 英 ['mɪnɪt] 美 [ˈmɪnɪt]
n. 分,分钟;片刻,
名词复数:minutes
- Craftsmen can paint whole villages or detailed portraits of people on a grain of rice using minute, or tiny, paintbrushes. Often the works of art are so minute that you can only see them with a magnifying glass.
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- n. 分,分钟;片刻,
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1. It's four minutes to six.
差四分六点。
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2. I'll be back in a few minutes.
我一会儿就回来。
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3. Boil the rice for 20 minutes.
将米煮 20 分钟。
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4. a ten-minute bus ride
乘公共汽车十分钟的路程
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5. It only takes a minute to make a salad.
只要一会儿就能做好色拉。
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6. Could I see you for a minute?
我能见你一下吗?
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7. minute amounts of chemicals in the water
水中含量极小的化学成分
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8. a minute examination/inspection
细致的检查╱视察
- minute (adj.) early 15c., "chopped small," from Latin minutus "little, small, minute," past participle of minuere "to lessen, diminish" (from PIE root *mei- (2) "small"). Meaning "very small in size or degree" is attested from 1620s. Related: Minutely; minuteness.
- minute (n.) "sixtieth part of an hour or degree," late 14c., from Old French minut (13c.) or directly from Medieval Latin minuta "minute, short note," from Latin minuta, noun use of fem. of minutus "little, small, minute," past participle of minuere "to lessen, diminish" (from PIE root *mei- (2) "small").
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